GeForce 830A vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 830A and Radeon HD 4870 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 830A and Radeon HD 4870 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
GeForce 830A
Radeon HD 4870 X2

Main Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
 
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 766% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • GeForce 830A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 830A has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 830A is 382 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GeForce 830A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 1800 MHz higher, than GeForce 830A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 3−4
ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 4−5 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale
Code name GM108 R700
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 12 August 2008
Pipelines 256 800
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 28.00
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0